Eagles Swept By Cobleskill

Auburndale, Fla. - The Daniel Webster College baseball team dropped a pair of non-conference games today against SUNY-Cobleskill. In game one the Fighting Tigers used a pair of runs in the first inning two more in the second and held on for a 4-2 victory. In the nightcap the Eagles dug themselves into an 11-0 deficit, rallied back, but fell 12-8.

In game one sophomore hurler Trevor Duggleby (Nashua, N.H.) went the distance (0-1) allowing four runs (three earned), walking three, while the Eagles managed four hits off three Fighting Tiger pitchers.

In game two, the Eagles defense suffered an early letdown allowing six runs in the opening stanza on four errors. Rookie southpaw T.J. Fotiathis (Granby, CT) battled through on the mound allowing nine runs, but just two earned. Fotiathis (0-1) struck out three in three innings, walking three.

In the fifth the Eagles (0-4) rallied with three hits, three walks and were aided by an error to rally for seven runs. Each team would add a late run for the 12-8 final. Junior first baseman Chuck Manning (Riverside, R.I.) led the offense going 1-1 with a pair of walks. Shortstop Tyler Calkin (Brookline, N.H.) chipped in a pair of RBI.

The Eagles will be back in action on Wednesday, March 11, when the take on Mt. St. Mary College at the Disney Hess Complex in Kissimmee, Fla. at 9:00 a.m.